A Juneteenth parade was marred by a deadly police-involved shooting in Michigan on Saturday. A 19-year-old woman was reportedly shot and killed during a shootout with a police officer in Flint.
A Flint Police Department officer was working a traffic point during the Juneteenth Champions Parade in Michigan and got into a confrontation with the driver of a silver car around 2 p.m. on Saturday.
Witnesses sitting in a nearby vehicle who captured video of the unsettling situation appear to say that the driver fired the first shots.
The officer draws his gun and instructs the driver to put their hands up. NBC News noted that the officer screams, “Let me see your hands! Hands up!”
Suddenly, multiple gunshots are fired.
After the shots were fired, the vehicle slowly rolls down the street.
Video shows the police officer that fired the shots immediately falls to his knees. He appears to be overwrought with grief as he holds his face in his hands. Another officer attempts to console him, but he is so emotional that he slumps to the pavement. At one point, he is face-down on the wet road.
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The Detroit News shared an alleged video from the shooting that was taken from a cellphone screen and posted on Facebook. The person who uploaded the footage claimed the driver of the car shot first.
“This car pulled up shooting first !! From inside the car with the windows still up! Which is what caused the police to shoot her,” the person on Facebook alleged. “He didn’t shoot her for no reason he had his life and the parade to protect. Why shots was coming from inside the car is what I don’t know.”
The Flint Police Department requested that the Michigan State Police investigate the officer-involved shooting.
Michigan State Police issued a statement on the shooting: “Preliminary investigation indicates the officer, who was working a traffic point for the Juneteenth Celebration Parade, was fired upon by the lone occupant of a vehicle who drove up to him at the traffic point. Upon taking fire, the officer returned fire, striking the suspect.”
The woman, who was not identified by police, allegedly was taken to a local hospital where she died.
The officer involved in the shooting was uninjured, and no bystanders were hurt, according to authorities.
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This is what happens when people are encouraged to kill police. They become subject to the iterations of sick individuals, and take action on them. It is a sad state affairs when people die for following worthless scum, and their stupidity.
IF even the witnessses to this tragedy say the person inside the car shot at the police officer FIRST, would seem to be the case. Am sure there will be an investigation, but as to why the police officer was telling the person in the car to put their hands up, why they did not and instead shot at the officer, we will need to find out. Apparently it affected the police officer deeply…sad affair.
Truly sad. The cynic in me suspects that the officer is grieving for his career when the Marxist media declare him the aggressor for performing his duties, and the court of public opinion renders him guilty of murder for defending himself under fire.
The officer is grieving because he just had to take a life. Most officers go through their whole career without having to fire their weapon. My brother who has served 23 years with Austin PD is one of these individuals.
If true to form, the MSM will simply ignore this incident and let it ‘‘disappear’ to Page 6. The narrative does not fit.
In the mean time, those decades of progress toward acceptance, understanding and tolerance look to headed for the least desirable option……outright avoidance except when necessary.
Willing to bet the lady was Black, they won’t tell you that, Thanks to the Democrats it’s alright to shoot at cops. Now watch the scumbags BLM if she is Black will say that officer had no business shooting her and they will erect a statue of her and put in a park somewhere. On her stone I would write here lies a scumbag who got what she deserves at least she can breed and make more scumbags AMEN
Can you tell a lot of people not just me are getting fed up with this behavior against cops, and anyone else.
It appears that the only error the officer made was to not maintain proper fire discipline, shooting someone with innocent bystanders in his line of fire.
That woman needed more target practice. The only good cop is a dead cop.
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You’re a stupid P.O.S. Hope you need a cop one day and there’s nobody there for you.
You are an ass.
What an asshole you are
You are really an asshole aren’t you. Maybe she should have shot at you instead of a man just trying to do his job.
With that idiot statement you can tell what worthless racist he is.
Wonder what color he is?
He was shooting into the car. It’s doubtful that anyone on the other side of the street was in jeopardy. Maybe yo think he should have let himself be shot after she shot at him the first time.
Also what’s more dangerous to leave some dirtball keep shifting or take them out. Bravo officer
Will they ever learn? It’s not rocket science! DON’T RESIST ARREST! DON’T FIGHT THE POLICE! DON’T RUN FROM THE POLICE! And the most obvious, DON’T TRY TO KILL THE POLICE! Then you can live to sue the police if you want!
How stupid do you have to be to: A.) Fire at a police officer? B.) Continue to point the gun at said officer? and C.) think it’s so important to video what’s happening, you put your own life in the line of fire?
It’s too bad the officer has the emotional baggage as a result of some idiot democrat POS with a death wish.
Truly sad. The cynic in me suspects that the officer is grieving for his career when the Marxist media declare him the aggressor for performing his duties, and the court of public opinion renders him guilty of murder for defending himself under fire.
This is the result of stupid people believing all the leftist propaganda about how “put upon” they are and their “right” to shoot a cop or any representative of a law abiding society. I’m glad it was the perp who was killed and not the cop.